"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
| Descriptor ID |
D003704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Dementia- Dementia
- Dementias
- Amentia
- Amentias
Senile Paranoid Dementia- Senile Paranoid Dementia
- Dementias, Senile Paranoid
- Paranoid Dementia, Senile
- Paranoid Dementias, Senile
- Senile Paranoid Dementias
Familial Dementia- Familial Dementia
- Dementia, Familial
- Dementias, Familial
- Familial Dementias
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Estimating dementia prevalence using remote diagnoses and algorithmic modelling: a population-based study of a rural region in South Africa. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Dec; 12(12):2003-2011.
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Comparative analysis of neurofilament light chain in Huntington's disease like 2 and Huntington's disease. J Huntingtons Dis. 2025 Feb; 14(1):103-108.
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Dementia and Its Profound Impact on Family Members and Partners: A Large UK Cross-Sectional Study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2024 Oct-Dec 01; 38(4):338-343.
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Effect of a cash transfer intervention on memory decline and dementia probability in older adults in rural South Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct; 121(40):e2321078121.
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Impact of the South African Child Support Grant on memory decline and dementia probability in rural and low-income mothers, 2014-2021. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Oct; 358:117217.
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Atypical Presentations of Huntington Disease-like 2 in South African Individuals. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Jul; 11(7):850-854.
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Associations between cohort derived dementia and COVID-19 serological diagnosis among older Black adults in rural South Africa. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1304572.
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Huntington disease-like 2: insight into neurodegeneration from an African disease. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 01; 20(1):36-49.
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Examining later-in-life health risks associated with sport-related concussion and repetitive head impacts: a systematic review of case-control and cohort studies. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Jun; 57(12):810-821.
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A comparison between the neurocognitive profile of Huntington Disease-Like 2 and Huntington Disease: Exploring the presence of double dissociations. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2022 Mar-Apr; 29(2):223-233.